Preface: Description of five classroom projects --
1. Getting started : Using oral history in the classroom ; Oral history and the local scene ; Creating a model portfolio --
2. Developing an oral history project : Classroom curriculum ; Administrative and community support ; The character and resources of the community ; Funding ; Focus for the project ; Scope and length of the project --
3. The oral history project : Developing a knowledge base ; Identifying narrators ; Research ethics ; Interview questions ; The practice interview ; Equipment for the project ; The interview ; The interview index ; Keeping track of all the parts --
4. After the interview : In the classroom ; Transcribing the interview ; Assignments ; Public programs ; Preserving the historical documents ; Assessment and student evaluation --
Handouts and reproducible forms : Interviews and transcripts as primary sources ; Witness to history ; Narrator information form ; Letter to potential narrator ; Making contact with the narrator ; Receipt for borrowed documents ; Legal release form ; Types of questions to ask ; Tips on how to interview ; "Invented" interviews for practice ; Information kit ; Checklist for the interview ; Keeping track of the parts ; Student survey evaluation ; Project evaluation form.

"Preface: Description of five classroom projects -- 1. Getting started : Using oral history in the classroom ; Oral history and the local scene ; Creating a model portfolio -- 2. Developing an oral history project : Classroom curriculum ; Administrative and community support ; The character and resources of the community ; Funding ; Focus for the project ; Scope and length of the project -- 3. The oral history project : Developing a knowledge base ; Identifying narrators ; Research ethics ; Interview questions ; The practice interview ; Equipment for the project ; The interview ; The interview index ; Keeping track of all the parts -- 4. After the interview : In the classroom ; Transcribing the interview ; Assignments ; Public programs ; Preserving the historical documents ; Assessment and student evaluation -- Handouts and reproducible forms : Interviews and transcripts as primary sources ; Witness to history ; Narrator information form ; Letter to potential narrator ; Making contact with the narrator ; Receipt for borrowed documents ; Legal release form ; Types of questions to ask ; Tips on how to interview ; "Invented" interviews for practice ; Information kit ; Checklist for the interview ; Keeping track of the parts ; Student survey evaluation ; Project evaluation form."@en